Ben A. Heinemann
Durham, North Carolina · b. 1954 · 102 sales at American Sporting Auctions and Guyette & Deeter and Zebs Auctions since 2023, every one reviewed
What Heinemanns have brought
How these numbers are madeEvery dot is a sale (price includes buyer's premium, log scale). The line is the median of the trailing twelve months, shown only when that window has at least 5 sales. The “Decoys only” view removes 17 miniatures and decoratives from the line. Hover or tap any dot for the bird behind it; click to open the sale.
Full-size decoys and shorebirds only (85 lots). Miniatures and decoratives are excluded from the median but still shown as dots. Hover or tap any dot for the bird behind it; click to open the sale.
By species How these numbers are made
The ten species that come up most often, with how many have sold and the median price.
- Mallard9$1,320
- Canvasback9$600
- Pintail8$1,410
- Scaup7$660
- Black Duck6$1,035
- Canada Goose6$870
- Redhead5$960
- Gadwall5$960
- Wood Duck4$1,020
- Teal3$1,200
Every bird
All 102 Heinemanns we have, newest first. Narrow by species, condition, paint, house or year, or sort by what they brought; switch to the table for the catalog detail beside each price. Tap a bird for the full record and comparable sales.
102 birds
Mallard$1,320
Teal$1,200
Bufflehead$289
Species unrecorded$816
Mallard$720
Dove$492
Black Duck$426
Labrador Duck$1,320
Canvasback$720
Wood Duck$720
Canada Goose$660
Duck$510
Mallard$1,800
Gadwall$810
Pigeon$420
Bufflehead$420
Shoveler$930
Teal$870
Pintail$660
Ruddy Duck$600
Black Duck$990
Duck$720
Canada Goose$1,200
Ringneck$1,050
Canvasback$360
Gadwall$2,280
Scaup$510
Mallard$390
Dove$540
Mallard$1,500
Scaup$900
Pintail$510
Canvasback$690
Teal$4,560
Mallard$3,960
Black Duck$2,520
Blue-winged Teal$2,400
Quail$630
Scaup$660
Canvasback$600
Canvasback$450
Scaup$510
Pintail$1,560
Canvasback$510
Greater Yellowlegs$1,800
Red-breasted Merganser$1,800
Wigeon$630
Blue-winged Teal$870
Wood Duck$690
Ringneck$2,160
Canada Goose$690
Green-winged Teal$360
Gadwall$840
Black Duck$480
Yellowlegs$420
Bufflehead$510
Gadwall$1,320
Canvasback$480
Mallard$1,050
Scaup$390
Wigeon$360
Canada Goose$2,100
Merganser$1,440
Black Duck$1,080
Canvasback$720
Redhead$690
Gadwall$960
Canvasback$1,020
Scaup$930
Mallard$1,320
Mallard$480
Scaup$1,680
Green-winged Teal$990
Canada Goose$870
Pintail$1,500
Wood Duck$1,440
Redhead$1,200
Grouse$1,200
Woodcock$840
Black Duck$1,320
Green-winged Teal$750
Pintail$1,680
Grouse$2,400
Pintail$2,100
Wigeon$1,500
Pintail$1,320
Pintail$1,200
Shoveler$720
Red-breasted Merganser$900
Redhead$960
Redhead$1,050
Swan$750
Hooded Merganser$240
Dove$240
Wood Duck$1,320Scoter$720
Redhead$480About these numbers
Prices are what the buyer paid, including the auction house's premium. The line on the chart is the median of the trailing twelve months, redrawn every night. A window holding fewer than 5 sales gets no point at all, which is why the line breaks rather than bridging a quiet stretch.
Only sold lots are counted. Sales by year: 2023: 18 · 2024: 38 · 2025: 34 · 2026: 12. Coverage is Guyette & Deeter and Copley; private sales, shows and other houses aren't in this data.
The recap after every sale
One email after every major decoy auction: what sold, what it brought, which carvers moved.